Andrew L. Seidel

Disgraced former general Michael Flynn claims the mantle of patriotism, but he peddles un-American lies.

CORDER LIST: 606 U.S.) FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025 24-109 24-110 ORDER IN PENDING CASES LOUISIANA V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. ROBINSON, PRESS, ET AL. V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing the following question raised on pages 36-38 of the Brief for Appellees: Whether the State's intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. Supplemental briefs for appellants are due on or before Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Supplemental brief for appellees is due on or before Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Reply briefs are due on or before 2 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025. The time to file amicus curiae briefs is as provided for by this Court's Rule 37.3. Word limits and cover colors for the briefs should correspond to the provisions of this Court's Rule 33.1(g) pertaining to briefs on the merits rather than to the provision pertaining to supplemental

😬The Supreme Court will consider whether the intentional creation of a majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments.

If the answer is yes, SCOTUS will effectively declare that what remains of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. This is very, very ominous.

Sure seems like the President of the United States is going to pardon a convicted sex trafficker and serial abuser who ran a pedophilia ring with his best friend in the whole wide world.

Dear Leader doesn't like the reality of appearing naked before his subjects, so all his advisors and governors and aides must compliment his beautiful, invisible garments.

Those who cry, "the emperor has no clothes," must be dismissed from court.

Attorney argues why Louisiana law requiring the 10 Commandments in classrooms is un-American He says that it's unconstitutional is only the beginning of the problem.

"This is the worst kind of big government conservatives claim to oppose," Seidel added.
www.upworthy.com/attorney-lay...

America was built on the separation of church and state. Anyone who tells you different is selling religious supremacy.

Wolff: I was talking to Epstein and he went into his safe and came out with photographs...

And it was Trump with girls of an uncertain age in Epstein's house...There are two in which topless girls are sitting on Trump’s lap—and then a third in which he has a stain on the front of his pants.

There are more direct comparisons, but thinking of the U.S. perspective on conflict:

This estimated number of Palestinian dead now exceeds the number of U.S. troops that died in the Vietnam War (~58k).

Vietnam War lasted ~20 years, vs. 21 months here, and GHM has said ~half are women and children.

The Texas House Committee on Redistricting held a session in Arlington tonight. @mentack.bsky.social stepped to the mic and let forth 🔥🔥🔥

Shameless Power Hungry Bootlickers kinda says it all
#texas #redistricting #seeitnameitfightit #txlege

The absurdity is breathtaking here. In response to a mass shooting, a US Senator says, 'we don't need gun control, we need idiot control.' Again, his response to a mass shooting. "Idiot control." Only in America could this absurdity pass.

He also invokes the bible.

For those who have asked...
I usually record my podcast on Thursday or Friday night and it posts the Tuesday after. With guests, I sometimes have to record during a lunch break. For instance, tomorrow's episode was done and dusted (for me) on Friday.

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

"Walters has called some teachers perverts during his tenure."

" Yes, I saw Nude Women."

Fine. I'll say it:
Satan is too good for Trump.

"This resolution is really going to allow us to turn the page" is such a foolish take, especially from someone on higher Ed.

That's not how authoritarians work. Trump will come back for more. Because you caved, he sees you as weak, as a target. He'll continue to squeeze until nothing is left.

Why Did Angus King Just Vote For A Very Anti-Abortion Judge? Maine’s independent senator, who caucuses with Democrats and backs abortion rights, helped put 35-year-old Josh Divine into a lifetime federal judgeship. Hmm.

Why did Angus King just help Republicans confirm a very anti-abortion judicial nominee, Josh Divine, to a lifetime court seat? www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-...

Columbia functionally returning to its original name King’s College

"Should We Engage With Fascists?" Mehdi Hasan on his Viral Jubilee Debate Journalist Mehdi Hasan reflects on his viral debate with 20 far-right conservatives and fascists which reveals the dangerous and disturbing mainstreaming of white supremacist and Nazi talking points.

"Should We Engage With Fascists?" Mehdi Hasan on his Viral Jubilee Debate

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social reflects on his viral debate with 20 far-right conservatives and fascists, which reveals the dangerous mainstreaming of white supremacist & Nazi talking points.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

"Founded as a Christian nation" and the fall back "founded on Judeo-Christian principles."

Maddening.

Is the "buy one get one free" banner the plane is flying a reference to the conservative justices?

Because it kind of works...

I am not going to spoil it, but I will tell you that the version hanging at UT Law is a print, because he sold the original to an honest-to-God Supreme Court justice

IMPORTANT: I just spent a half-hour on the phone with the guy who painted this, and in news that will shock you, I will be blogging about it

Listening to this interview of this whistleblower and it’s about as clearcut as you can ask for. Trump officials wanted him to lie to judges, claiming an immigrant was a gang member. He refused to. Then he was fired. This is why civil service protections, now being ignored, matter.

On a day that the congress has decided to go on an early recess and take 6 weeks of paid leave it is important to remember that in the U.S there is no federal law that guarantees paid maternity leave or family leave.
Just something to think about in case you need more things to think about today.

Bari’s key insight as an entrepreneur is that there is a bottomless demand for rich people to have their existing opinions sold back to them as forbidden knowledge

Indeed.

It really is.

The self-professed fascist trounced by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social on the @jubileemedia.bsky.social debate lost his job.

Now he's crowdfunding on GiveSendGo.

I covered GiveSendGo on One Nation Indivisible, episode 12, "Putting the White in White Christian Nationalism." redcircle.com/shows/60d1cb...